BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has put the
number of the dead in both Nyanyan and Kuje, Abuja bombings at 15.Scene of one of the bombing in
Abuja last nightSahara Reporters Media
The agency also said 41 other persons were injured in the
coordinated attacks that were carried out by suspected members of the
Boko Haram.
A statement by the agency's spokesperson, Sani Datti, in the
early hours of Saturday in Abuja said, "Following a coordinated rescue
operation at scene of multiple explosions in both Nyaya and Kuje, which
are satellite towns of Federal Capital Territory Abuja, so far fifteen (15)
persons lost their lives and forty one (41) injured were evacuated to Nyanya,
Asokoro General hospitals and National Hospital Abuja.
"In Nyaya Two (2) deaths were recorded while 21 injured. Kuje thirteen (13) person lost their lives and 20 injured.
"In Nyaya Two (2) deaths were recorded while 21 injured. Kuje thirteen (13) person lost their lives and 20 injured.
The casualty figures given, however, is at
variance with eye-witness account from the scene of the attack. A relative of
an dead person, Ibrahim told our reporter earlier today that at least 20 people
died in Kuje market alone while over 40 people were injured.
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